ASE Educational Products for Your Practice and Your Patients
Sanjiv Kaul, MD, FASE Did you know that many volunteers at ASE banded together recently to publish a 608-page textbook entitled Dynamic Echocardiography ? Not only does this text book…
Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar
The American Society of Echocardiography is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. ASE recognizes courses as supplements to formal training…
Percutaneous Closure of a Left Atrial Appendage Pseudoaneurysm
Atrial dissections and pseudoaneurysms are rare complications of cardiac surgery. The authors describe the case of a patient after mitral valve replacement who presented with a left atrial appendage pseudoaneurysm….
No Boundaries
Marti L. McCulloch, BS, MBA, RDCS, FASE I just received an invitation to the 4 th Annual Pumps & Pipes conference and wanted to share with you the collaborative effort that…
Towards a Fruitful Discussion on a Multi-faceted and Complex Topic in Echocardiography: Response to the Letter to the Editor
We thank Dr Jan and colleagues for their stimulating comments on the “echocardiographic syntax of left ventricular hypertrophy” reported in our review. Indeed, when focusing on left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)…
Dyssynchrony in Obese Subjects without a History of Cardiac Disease Using Velocity Vector Imaging
Background The aim of this study was to examine the occurrence of intra–left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony in obese versus nonobese subjects without known cardiac disease using Velocity Vector Imaging (VVI)….
On the Syntax of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: Eschew Obfuscation, Espouse Elucidation
To the Editor: Weidemann et al ’s review “The Different Faces of Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: Clues to the Etiology” raises several important issues that need clarification. The authors do not…
Inotropic Contractile Reserve and Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients with Markedly Remodeled Left Ventricle
Background Recently concluded multicenter studies have shown that none of an array of echocardiographic indicators of ventricular dyssynchrony have enough sensitivity and specificity for predicting response to cardiac resynchronization therapy…
New Equations and a Critical Appraisal of Coronary Artery ZScores in Healthy Children
Background The aim of this study was to find the best model to obtain valid and normally distributed Z scores for coronary artery (CA) diameters in a large, heterogeneous population…
Occurrence of Atrial Fibrillation during Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes
Background The reported incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) occurring during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) ranges from 0.5% to 4%. The aim of this study was to characterize the incidence, risk…
